Full Text of HJR0102 093rd General Assembly
HJ0102 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly wish to | 3 |
| recognize the achievements of retiring University of Illinois | 4 |
| President James J. Stukel; and
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| WHEREAS, President Stukel has served as the University of | 6 |
| Illinois' President since 1995; he has been involved with the | 7 |
| University since he received a master's degree in 1963; | 8 |
| President Stukel received his Ph.D. in 1968 from the | 9 |
| University, and has been working with the University ever | 10 |
| since; he has taught at the University and served in various | 11 |
| administrative roles, including vice chancellor for research, | 12 |
| dean in the Graduate College, executive vice chancellor, and | 13 |
| vice chancellor for academic affairs, interim chancellor and | 14 |
| chancellor; and
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| WHEREAS, President Stukel's vision during his ten-year | 16 |
| tenure was to enrich undergraduate education, enhance quality | 17 |
| throughout the University, strengthen the University's ties to | 18 |
| the citizens of Illinois, and to free more dollars for academic | 19 |
| purposes by streamlining government; he stressed the | 20 |
| importance of providing a quality education to all students on | 21 |
| the University's three campuses in Chicago, Springfield, and | 22 |
| Urbana-Champaign; and
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| WHEREAS, Through his vision, President Stukel has been able | 24 |
| to accomplish a great deal for the University; he ensured that | 25 |
| the contribution of the University to the economic development | 26 |
| of the State of Illinois was formally recognized and realized | 27 |
| through the Venture Tech program; during his tenure, federal | 28 |
| money more than doubled, bringing total federal grant and | 29 |
| contract support to the University to over $500 million; he | 30 |
| helped ensure major state capital and programmatic support | 31 |
| during his tenure in the fields of high performance computing, | 32 |
| post genomics, medical research, agriculture, engineering, and |
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| the arts and sciences; under his leadership, the University | 2 |
| became the first public university to raise more than $1 | 3 |
| billion in private donations; during his term, the University | 4 |
| has instituted or expanded programs that foster greater | 5 |
| personal and academic success among students; during his term, | 6 |
| the University's commitment to public service on its three | 7 |
| campuses has grown significantly; he initiated a process to | 8 |
| completely overhaul the University's administrative computing | 9 |
| facilities to a fully integrated system which will save the | 10 |
| University millions of dollars a year; and
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| WHEREAS, Without President Stukel's strength, vision, | 12 |
| imagination, and passion for the University, none of these | 13 |
| accomplishments would have been possible; the University of | 14 |
| Illinois, the students who attend the University, the people | 15 |
| who work at the University, and the citizens of the State of | 16 |
| Illinois owe President Stukel a great deal of gratitude for | 17 |
| dedicating his career to improving their lives; therefore, be | 18 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 21 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate and thank | 22 |
| President Stukel for his tenure as President of the flagship | 23 |
| university of the state, the University of Illinois; and be it | 24 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to President Stukel as an expression of our respect | 27 |
| and esteem and with our best wishes for his retirement.
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